The curse of resilient technology

Visage · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:48

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds33695.html

Dammit. In the good old days that disk would have been toast, and he would have taken it as his cue to retire from making music......

HEADRAT · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:50

Divorce is the only answer

shame it wasn't trashed TBH, I'm not a huge Coldplay fan!

Miss Paltrow on the other hand, growl !

HEADRAT

Belmit · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:50

the computer is his baby

So.... an Apple.

God, I'm disgusted with myself.

AJUK · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:51

So the lead singer of an excruciatingly dull band composes some music on his computer and he doesn't back up the data. :rolleyes:

@ Chris Martin

HEADRAT · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:51

Belmit said:
God, I'm disgusted with myself.

Made me chuckle

HEADRAT

Spacky · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:52

Coldplay X and Y said:
When something is broken
And you try to fix it
Trying to repair it
Any way you can

nero120 · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:53

They probably meant that the 3 master tracks that coldplay base all their songs on were on there! Heaven forbid if those wailing wonders were lost!

Vonhelmet · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:56

Don't like it, don't listen to it.

MUSICAL OPINIONS! KEYBOARD WARRIORS! MORE ROLLEYES THAN YOU CAN HANDLE!

Snore.

Zip · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:57

I bet if they just took the Hard drive out of it and put it in a another computer every thing would be still there :rolleyes:

OMGZ THE HINGEZ FELL OFFF AND IT WONT TURN ON PROPERLY COZ THE CASE IS BROKEN!!!! THE INTERNALS MUST BE DAMAGEDZ!!! :rolleyes:

SiD the Turtle · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:00

Belmit said:
So.... an Apple.

God, I'm disgusted with myself.

LOL!

TheCrow · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:01

is it just me or did that artical only say it damages the case, i.e no damage to HDD??? what they worring about?

fini · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:01

'accidently knocked the computer over'? How about throwing it out the window after he insisted she listened to his new song for the second time? Can't blame her tbh

fini

Vonhelmet · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:03

TheCrow said:
is it just me or did that artical only say it damages the case, i.e no damage to HDD??? what they worring about?

Pick up your computer and drop it four feet for me, would you?

nikebee · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:05

The hinges broke and the screen was hanging off. It wouldn’t turn on. Chris does a lot of work on there and the computer is his baby.

bah... new monitor, new case... job done...
get a decent motherboard that has on/off+reset switches on the mobo and now you dont need a case (ala DFI LanParty boards)

edit: they probably dislodged a few of the mobo-to-case connectors (i.e. power switch, HDD LED etc...)

AJUK · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:05

fini said:
'accidently knocked the computer over'? How about throwing it out the window after he insisted she listened to his new song for the second time? Can't blame her tbh

fini

LOL.

Anytime Paltrow wants to dump the loser, I am ready and waiting for her.

'I'll be in my quarters covered in taramasalata, no pressure.'

Zip · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:05

vonhelmet said:
Pick up your computer and drop it four feet for me, would you?

Uve never dropped a computer before have you

They arnt easily killed.

Hard drive>Hammer TBH

Zip · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:06

AJUK said:
LOL.

Anytime Paltrow wants to dump the loser, I am ready and waiting for her.

'I'll be in my quarters covered in taramasalata, no pressure.'

Shes fugly in my eyes

nikebee · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:06

Zip said:
Uve never dropped a computer before have you
They arnt easily killed.

Hard drive>Hammer TBH

have done that myself with a mate... he finally got a good PC so decided to destroy his old machine... HDDs are pretty tough blighters! :eek:

Vonhelmet · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:07

Zip said:
Uve never dropped a computer before have you
They arnt easily killed.

Hard drive>Hammer TBH

My point is, I would never drop one deliberately, because damage to a hard drive is comparably easy to cause.

Also, while a hard drive may stand up physically to a few whacks with a hammer, did it work afterwards? How about if you give it a good whack while it's running? I wouldn't want to knock the heads into the platters to be honest.

Visage · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:07

nikebee said:
bah... new monitor, new case... job done...
get a decent motherboard that has on/off+reset switches on the mobo and now you dont need a case (ala DFI LanParty boards)

edit: they probably dislodged a few of the mobo-to-case connectors (i.e. power switch, HDD LED etc...)

This is what i get for posting a light hearted snipe at Coldplay on a message board inhabited, nay, *infested* by geeks.....

....A discussion about motherboards.

The curse of resilient technology

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